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Disaster risk in St. Louis

St. Louis ranks T#91 of 134 US cities for low disaster risk, with a resilience score of 32 — Some Fun. That puts it in the 33rd percentile nationally and #2 of 2 in Missouri.

resilience score
32
Some Fun
National rank
T#91 of 134
In Missouri
#2 of 2
Percentile
33rd

The typical city scores 50 for low disaster risk; St. Louis sits 18 points below the median.

How disaster risk is measured

Exposure to natural hazards and severe events.

The resilience score is the flip side of our disaster risk measure — 100 minus the raw disaster risk score — so a city with less of it scores higher.

Data source: FEMA National Risk Index.

Full methodology → Glossary The raw measurement is part of the Data plan →

Ranked around St. Louis

  1. #89 Stockton, CA 34
  2. #90 Charleston, SC 33
  3. T#91 St. Louis, MO — this page 32
  4. #93 New York, NY 31
  5. #94 Tampa, FL 30

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Top US cities for low disaster risk

  1. #1 Stowe, VT 100
  2. #2 Telluride, CO 99
  3. T#3 Aspen, CO 98
  4. T#3 Virginia Beach, VA 98
  5. #5 Park City, UT 97

More about St. Louis

St. Louis scores 65 overall (Fun) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: